Smile 2 w/ Luciano Marano

What up Fermented Folks?Thanks for joining us for Season 3!Today we debate the international sensation Smile 2 by meteoric director Parker Finn. After the massive success of his first film Smile, Finn set out to raise the stakes and expand the lore of his dark, psychologically twisted horror duology, and boy… did he ever. But did that expanse work for the hosts of this show? How about for our guest? Tune in to find out and don’t forget to smile :DWho is our guest anyway? Luciano Marano is an award-winning author, photographer, and journalist.His short fiction has appeared in numerous anthologies, including Year’s Best Hardcore Horror, The Best New Weird Horror, Monsters, Movies & Mayhem (winner: Colorado Book Award), Crash Code (nominee: Splatterpunk Award), Breaking Bizarro, and The Nightside Codex, among others, as well as Nightscript, Pseudopod, and Horror Hill.A trilogy of werewolf novellas, The Ambush Moon Cycle, is now available from Raven Tale Publishing.Luciano’s written and photographic reports have earned a number of industry awards, and he was twice named Feature Writer of the Year by the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association.A U.S. Navy veteran originally from rural western Pennsylvania, he now resides near Seattle. You can read TONS of his work online and for free and/or learn more about him RIGHT HERE! As always, thank you so much for listening and/or watching! We couldn’t do any of this without you and we always appreciate your support. Enjoy the show!Cheers,Fermented Fiction Crew This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit fermentedfiction.substack.com/subscribe